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OK......I have a question..
I pulled my FDC to adjust my turbo'd A2 and was scratching my head at what I saw...I even had to break out my laptop on site just to look it up.
Turns out when my truck was rebuilt in Tooele, it never had an adjuster..the deal with the two 1/2" nuts and threaded...
Who would be the best for making a new driveshaft? Im all for having it professionally done. That way, you have and ass to chew if it falls apart on ya.
Sooooooooooooooo, whos the best?
Napa has a 13V Aircraft landing gear spot light that fits right into a 620W rubber light housing. its so dadgum bright, you can count the windings on the filaments.
I use them on a KC Hilite relay with an extra separate battery under the passenger seat.
Mind you, they dont just go off, them...
Yeah, I know bout the SN stamped on the left frame, but Im lookin for the other stuff that goes in the blank boxes, like gvw, manufacturer code and all that lil stuff.
I wanna get a new one with all the info riveted on the dash just in case some Barney Fife wants to pull me over and be all...
go to a tarp company that does flatbed tarps for big trucks.
they can sew up anything you want. in cordura, nylon, canvas, whatever...and in a butt load of colors..
Anybody know what info goes on what particular blank box on a new data plate?
I bought mine, had a SF97 til I registered it, but when I bought it, it was missing the dash data plate.
I need to know what info goes where, so I can stamp up a blank plate I got from Boyce.
Its a 68 Kaiser but...
Whooops! Didnt have 2nd page with me, forgot to add, the frame to bottom of cab front supports.
3/8" plate or 1/2" if ya want, or even 6" strap iron, the angle from frame to cab bottom was like 25*degrees if I remember... gusset the frame mount plate. Im using 3 little gussets in triangular...
At the Derailment outfit i worked for we used 90,000lb sidebooms, and I welded up some loading ramps out of 2' Square tube, 1/4" wall, and it held up awesomely. The most your ever gonna get a deuce up to before you start messin with DOT is 26K...2"X 1/4" WILL easily support that weight. After I...
I too think the wiper arm swap is a fanstastic idea. On big trucks, their on a splined shaft, an on a car or pickem up, they usually have the clip to hold im tight. I wanna do the civvie swap and just use like 18" or 16" blades. But then again, I still swappin all my glass to tempered auto...
Also the ol manual pumper Cats an Cummins do it too...... try explainin that its NOT on fire just cuz smokes comin outta the air cleaners..... NO BOO-WAY-NO....[thumbzup]